of dead soldiers and of murdered children a century we've seen criminality and invasion of privacy on a staggering industrial scale not even the rich and powerful could escape then chancellor gordon brown's baby was splashed over the front page of the sun his illness a sick headline royal family phones were hacked the scandal even goes right to the heart of the police force senior police officers were bribed by journalists for tipoffs on sensitive investigations private lives were made public and now we've got. to be some hacking into gordon brown's private life you have to so you have to stop what else is in of course is the harder it is not just by the use of what we call blanket these are people. information what should be private sources medical records tax records it's taken thirty years

for the worst fears about the british press to come true but come true they have murdoch may own successful newspapers in an ailing market but their papers which have lost their greatest asset the public's trust the u.k. has more c.c.t.v. cameras per person than anywhere else in the world i've counted eight just in this small car park so britons always know big brother is watching but the question now is what's big brother watching for and more importantly who's trying to bribe lower and it r.t. london. the eurozone debt crisis now focuses on italy where the senate has approved tough new austerity measures the package is set to receive final approval in the country's lower house on friday it comes amid concerns that italy the euro zone's third largest economy may become the next to ask for help if one has both on and portugal having their ratings downgraded to junk status during a serious blow to the rebate. ridnour

a block which struggles to prop up its weakest economies writer and editor patrick young says that its knees public will perhaps protest budget cuts at least as fervently as the greeks. there will be one significant difference between the people who take to the streets between greece and italy and that is that in greece at least thank goodness the taxi drivers don't go on strike where is nuclei expected almost everybody is going to end up on strike and it's going to be absolutely chaotic the only way they can slip this through is perhaps because we do have this long lead in time until the cuts really start to make an impact in two thousand and thirteen but i think the problem is in the meantime a large amount of the sort of the leftist opposition in italy for see the fact that silvio berlusconi due to many of the reasons most of which are outside of the direct fiscal reason are well i mean he's a wounded animal at this point in time and in some ways i think that he's going to be finding it very difficult to hold his government together and this is really a crisis because i mean greece is only what two and

a half percent of the entire eurozone economy something like that it will get a serious heavy hitter as everybody who's ever bought a designer italian brand or an italian car or another is retired in engineering knows and it's ultimately going to be hugely difficult this is a fundamental debt crisis across the whole euro zone and in fact what's incredible is we have an atari and mario draghi who's going to be the next head of the european central bank he's coming into office of the moment and he himself knows the sold them seat of sovereign states is no longer to be taken for granted in other words at this point in time any possible shock could take place the difficulty is but all of the large economies along side most of the small ones have all the road too much money there are big problems in western europe the havens to be in are definitely to the east everyone fortunately expect further to the prices because the epidemic the contagion seems to be spreading and we have no political leadership seeming to do with the. the same credit rating agency that sparked fresh

panic in the e.u. now threatens to review america's triple a credit score for a downgrade that's for the first time in over ten years and says there's a risk the u.s. could fail to resolve the deadlock in its budget negotiations and even if the package is approved it's unlikely to offer a solution to america's debt well that's according to investor and co-founder of the quantum fund jim rogers the united states already has been downgraded in the world markets every i'm not the only person who knows that the united states is the largest debtor nation in the history of the world look at the value of the u.s. dollar is down fairly significantly over the past few years they have to increase again ceiling for the moment there's no question about that out there a choice though for the future is they've got to take an axe you know they've got to take a change so to government spending and do something about it they're not going to do that they might announce they're going to do it for this to get the budget ceiling passed put aside going to have any effect everybody sees that washington is not going to solve this problem and more and more people are looking for something

to replace the u.s. dollar and as the global take crisis sweeping through your reaches italy next cars are in states you heard the discuss how it's national gold reserves might make you a target for financial prospects as well that's in the report coming away in about twenty minutes from now but here is a brief preview. italy's got actual gold that the i.m.f. and the people who support the i.m.f. the terrorists as i mentioned like eric cantor they are helping to facilitate the thieving of that twenty four hundred tons of gold because that is meaningful they need that gold because of course is the i.m.f. going to get the airport landing fees from naples or sicily. now. as divers continue to treat bodies from the volga river the number of victims after the pleasure cruises sinking on sunday has risen to one hundred thirteen the

vessels captain was also among the dead his body reportedly found on the bridge meanwhile more details emerge of procedural violations that could have contributed to the tragedy the crew reportedly understated the passengers on board to obtain permission from river controllers to set sail claiming the number to be just twenty instead of two hundred russia's prime minister putin is visiting and paid tribute to the rescue operation and said that those whose negligence and greed led to the disaster must be punished r.t. tom bodett reports on how the investigation is proceeding. the first arrests have been made and this is starting to move beyond just a disaster recovery operation for two people that have been arrested so far in iraq she is the owner of the company that rented the bulgaria for what would be its final voyage also. sure he is a state expert on shipping and sometime before that voyage he said that the area

was fit to sail and so perhaps was negligent in that decision divers are still working in teams in our in our out in a on a platform out in the river over the sunken it's now estimated there are around a dozen bodies left to be recovered divers have explored most of the ship now might be some places left where bodies could be but it is possible that some of those bodies may know may not be in the ship they may be in the water around the ship and in a worst case scenario currents may have carried some of the bodies up to two hundred kilometers downstream there's also been revelations added to the case of the of the bowl garia and was particularly concerning to ships just after the sinking but passed by and didn't pick a single person up. there's been massive public fury over this and that space

has recently been perhaps somewhat tempered by the views of some experts saying that actually these two ships that arrived with people in the water and in the oil slick around them they weren't passenger ships they were barges and it would have actually been very difficult for them to pick people up and they may have actually hindered the third ship the arabella which came in did start to pick people up we earlier spoke to the captain an exclusive interview the captain of the arabella saying what he found when his ship arrived at the scene of the disaster. it happened really fast five to ten minutes after we heard the distress call as we approached it was hard to distinguish in the dark water people who were alive from the rubble that was floating around and people were in panic when we rescued them in a state of shock with some suffering from other traumas they were all covered in oil fuel that was leaking from the sunken ship it was a terrifying picture i have to say. captain of the arabella also did his own views to those of those two other captains he was in the vicinity as they were and he

gave his own views on the public fury and the experts saying well maybe it was they didn't do such an awful thing let's hear what he had to say about that. and we were approaching the position of the tragedy almost at the same time as a heavy cargo ship and i don't know why he didn't stop it maybe try to look at the inertia of heavy cargo wouldn't let him but as we approached the site its presence could only hamper the risk you want to ration and i asked him to proceed and not waste time so there's very mixed feelings now about the role of these two ships the rescue operation will shortly if they can recover the rest of these bodies be moving into its next phase and that is for two ships specially equipped to try and raise garia and then it will be known hopefully in a proper investigation can start as to why this ship sank and sank so fast. causing so much tragedy. reporting that more than

a website including footage of the recovery operation still underway there on the volga river don't come for the first time to count. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images and seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are all day. clinician and free credit take should free in-store charges free the arrangements free risk free studio time free.

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bidders abroad and their big breakthrough back home spotlight on start on technology update here on. the future covered. russia has less disagreement with the u.s. on the libyan crisis than with some european countries that sivia foreign minister sergei lavrov off the talks with the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton. brings us more now from washington bureau. with regards to leave here both russia and the u.s. have the view that colonel gadhafi must step down and that leaves should be able to choose their future leader it's the path towards those aims that moscow and washington disagree on the world russia criticizes the scope of the into the foreign intervention in libya possible sees the actions of the allied forces forces there as a violation of the un mandate minister lavrov said the resolution is being wrongly interpreted as anyone can do whatever they want foreign minister lavrov was also

asked about why russia is blocking a u. and they should have to condemn the syrian president assad he said the attitude of the west is exclusively about exerting pressure on one of the parties namely the syrian government and president all side of moscow sees it as sees it as the wrong attitude russia says it sends the wrong message to the syrian opposition prompting them to believe that if they were remain insistent and the situation keeps getting critical the west will come to help them the way it is happening in libya mr lavrov said it's unacceptable that the opposition who resort to violence agitating peaceful protesters into engaging in armed clashes and effectively turning them into a carcass for the police and security forces take a listen i'm going to deploy. diplomacy exists not to condemn and score political points diplomacy exists to solve problems and make it condemnation without proposing any solution won't leaders to any breakthrough neither in syria nor in

any other place is a good example of how we are dealing with the situation in yemen no one's tripos into condemning anyone or a doctor un security council resolution supporting one or another signed everyone is. down and hold negotiations dance a responsible approach that we hope will prevail america's missile defense plans is one of the most irritating issues in the relations between the two countries president obama has scrapped the bush administration missile defense plans but they're going ahead with a new plan for a minute. said russians need for him legally binding guarantees that the project will not threaten russia's security washington has made reassuring statements before but moscow needs to have it on paper so there is an understanding among the russians that words are good but words in a legally binding document are better. well to read more about the agreements reached during those visit to washington you cannot go onto our website is r.t. dot com that's alongside other news videos and blogs here's

a taste of what's on by right now if you should log on you can find out why a monument to the first man in space yuri gagarin has been unveiled right in the very heart of london also. a fugitive for freedom. and most people run away to the circus this unlikely trio escaped from one of president barack monkey. got together to get away from not a joke it's true to find out about their daring bid to break loose at r.t. dot com. a wave of criticism is gathering momentum in israel over a new bill that help laws the boycott of israel and jewish settlements on occupied palestinian territory opposition parties have called the law or an attempt by we can government to silence the people on peace movement has petitioned the supreme court against a bill prime minister netanyahu faced a stormy session in the knesset on wednesday where he was himself forced to defend them or some members walked out in protest and legislation imposes fines on boycott

organizers and allow settlers to sue them for compensation. from the boycott divestment and sanctions movement in ramallah says the bill will only make the pro palestinian action stronger. has never been a democracy and can never be a democracy so long as it's an apartheid state so long as it has tens of flaws discriminating between its jewish a non jewish citizens so long as it denies millions of palestinian refugees the right to return home and so long as it continues with its occupation of the west bank including his true salaam as well as gaza so a country committing such violations of international law of basic human rights cannot call itself a democracy professor in. his story and maybe how to try to win he said israel is a heroin for which is a democracy only for the class master. not for everyone but if anything israel is going it's really pushing fast forward in digging the grave of its occupation and

apartheid as long as palestinian rights are not respected by israel as long as the occupation continues apartheid continues then iraq refugee rights continues to list to me and i have no choice but to continue to resist to continue to struggle. now a brief look at a couple of other international headlines at this stage the dental world update victims of the three coordinated bombings in mumbai are being laid to rest at least seventeen were killed when blasts struck three downtown locations during the evening rush hour police said the attacks were well prepared and equipped with sophisticated explosive devices investigators admit they have no immediate suspects but they say that all terror groups are being considered. suicide bombers attacked a memorial service for the assassinated half brother of afghan president hamid karzai at least four people reported killed in the blast that rocked the mosque including a top cleric a day earlier two explosions shook the city of kandahar during the funeral ceremony for what he calls are the leaders brother was shot twice by his family friend the

long time head of security on tuesday. egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak has reportedly told interrogators that he didn't order the crackdown on protesters jury february's uprising that's after the country's ruling military council announced it will fire hundreds of police officers implicated in the killing of almost a thousand demonstrators meanwhile protests carry on for the seventh day running in tahrir square the epicenter of the original uprising that ousted the former president. the pentagon is reportedly preparing to launch a new strategy to defend itself against cyber attacks this comes as a media campaign warns against the threat of hacking by al-qaeda well in about an hour from now we speak to security software mogul guinea kaspersky he says it's the so-called amateur activists who pose the biggest threat. sometimes a world. where guys do for money is less dangerous than others do just

for fun or like protest and it's even more dangerous because they are getting more experienced i am a free because there are places for terrorists to employ these forces i am afraid that in the future of cyber terrorism. will. kidnap or force them. that interview coming away very shortly on the matter of minutes from now in the meantime the business update is next with me . hello and welcome to business here in r.t. thank you for joining us now safe haven assets such as gold are seen every new demand over fears the u.s. could lose its top notch credit rating moody's investor service is threatening to downgrade the country it's a political deadlock over raising the states that ceiling although is still seen as

unlikely by many analysts a downgrade could cause mayhem in the markets. many investment funds etc must only invest in aaa so therefore a lot of them would have to divest of their investments in u.s. treasuries and that would put a solid. pressure so the downside on the treasury's yields would go up become more expensive for the united states to boree money from what is really a pretty poor deficit situation at the moment so it would be quite grim and would harm the u.s. is a prospect for g.d.p. growth in the future but in the end the consequences of a default by the united states far too far even for these people to contemplate and therefore i would probably suggest that they know it will come to an agreement both sides will have to give way a little bit so they'll come to an agreement in the end. well let's take a look at the markets now and gold is straining at a record high as investors look for

a place to park cash silver is doing even better itself almost one point three percent but it's still somewhere short of the record it's a couple of months ago. let's take a look at what's happening over the american markets wall street is in the red this hour the spire reports of a three month low for jobless benefits applications conoco phillips is leading the gains among energy stocks after announcing plans to spin off its refining units and on the losing side the shares of hotel chain marionettes international fell by over eight percent after it said their core earnings would be below expectations. european markets closed in the red but lloyds banking group was up over three percent bucking the trend in london and in frankfurt metro a.g.m. homewards bank were down about three and four percent respectively carmakers b.m.w. v.w. and diablo were pretty strong though. and here russia markets close on the positive

notes on bargain hunting and this fight concerns over it that's in europe and the u.s. though. there really seem big numbers there as you can see but let's take a look at some individual movers on the my sacks of gas from last almost one percent the spite announcing the deal with r w e n we'll have more of that for you in just a moment this burbank was positive five point four percent and telecoms dion's frost's telecom first rebounded from a bad start to the day but and that the session in there at that point seven percent and over all the days straight put the described as nervous and then. the situation in europe was over in the earth's is to people were going to happen to to be there were the world potential impact on other countries new europe the euro zone the stress in the u.s. you have the situation where you know the. agencies are you assuming the review

which is also quite worrying for the commodity to grow through really strong. in. the basically. no opinion. problems for most of asserting. the russian shares boy whom institutional funds. russia's biggest companies plug in and see europe's power generating sector gas from and germany's are that we are to create a joint venture with plants across the continent earlier there are spiegel magazine reports that the russian gas monopoly could become a key stakeholder in our w e investing as much as fourteen billion dollars are double needs cash as it seeks to develop new sources of energy and that's after the german government decided to abandon nuclear power. all that's all the business news for now the headlines are next with bill.

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market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report. on . morning news today violence is once again flared up the film these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to cope for a shelter old today. first

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with. eleven. phone hacking scandal rock group of middle school already shaken public few challenges the future of britain's newspaper industry. calls for the u.s. to cut spending and threats of the country's credit rating might be done great it has failed to raise america's debt ceiling as of more these states plunged into. economic crisis. and one hundred thirteen bodies have now been recovered from the water off the sunday's pleasure cruise of disaster on the whole good while divers continue efforts to find around twenty still missing. well the term

brings you up to date for the moment i'll be back with more news for you in this than thirty minutes from now the meantime it is the kaiser report. kaiser this is the kaiser report gold and a new highs and euros and british pounds u.s. dollars all across the world people want to go all out o. the currency matrix to see her tell me more well max the entire world's financial system is once again crumbling and part of the reason of course is the oligarchies that rule our world and have not faced justice for that because they are part of the all the darky there's no differentiation between the heads of these banks and the heads of the government but also importantly the other important greedy and it's propaganda and how propaganda confuses the populations in the west

half of us social program re sybian believe they have not used a government social program so this is from the united states and if you look at this chart of the top four demonstrating the most ignorance of being we sippin of government welfare. three out of four of them regard our referring to higher education that that is the five twenty nine or coverdell which sixty four point three percent of people who receive this government funding don't even know they're receiving taxpayer financed help home mortgage interest deduction hope or lifetime learning tax credit and student loans are also the people who receive this government assistance are completely ignorant of receiving government help as soon as propagandists in other words all day long and all the major media in the you know.